Antivirus exclusion for Skype for Business Server 2015
Antivirus is important to protect the Server however sometime antivirus scanning interfere with operation of server that cause multiple issues. So, setting up the antivirus exclusion is very important step. Make sure that the antivirus scanner does not interfere with the operation of Skype for Business Server 2015, you must exclude specific processes and directories for each Skype for Business Server 2015 server or server role on which you run an antivirus scanner. Microsoft also recommends excluding the Skype for Business Server 2015 processes and directories.
Antivirus exclusion for Skype for Business Server 2015, SQL Backend Server and Office Web App Servers:
Following Skype for Business Server 2015 processes need to exclude (applicable for Skype for Business Front End (Director) and Edge Server:
ABServer.exe
ASMCUSvc.exe
AVMCUSvc.exe
ChannelService.exe
ClsAgent.exe
ComplianceService.exe
DataMCUSvc.exe
DataProxy.exe
FileTransferAgent.exe
HealthAgent.exe
IMMCUSvc.exe
LysSvc.exe
MasterReplicatorAgent.exe
MediaRelaySvc.exe
MediationServerSvc.exe
MRASSvc.exe
OcsAppServerHost.exe
ReplicaReplicatorAgent.exe
ReplicationApp.exe
RtcHost.exe
RTCSrv.exe
XmppProxy.exe
XmppTGW.exe
Windows Fabric Host Service processes need to exclude on Skype for Business Front End Server:
Fabric.exe
FabricDCA.exe
FabricHost.exe
Following IIS processes need to exclude on Skype for Business Front End Server:
%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
%systemroot%\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
Standard Edition Installation RTC Instance
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.RTC\MSSQL\Binn\SQLServr.exe
Following Directories and files need to exclude on Skype for Business Front End and Edge servers:
%systemroot%\System32\LogFiles
%systemroot%\SysWow64\LogFiles
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL
%programfiles%\Skype for Business Server 2015
%programfiles%\Common Files\Skype for Business Server 2015\Watcher Node
%programfiles%\Common Files\Skype for Business Server 2015
%programfiles%\Common Files\Skype for Business Online
%SystemDrive%\RtcReplicaRoot
%localdrive%\CSData
Exclude the file share store (specified in Topology Builder). File stores are specified in Topology Builder.
Following SQL Server Back-End processes need to exclude on Skype Backend Server:Note that these paths are specific to SQL Server version.
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn\SQLServr.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\Bin\ReportingServicesService.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Bin\MSMDSrv.exe
SQL Server Front-End processes:
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.LYNCLOCAL\MSSQL\Binn\SQLServr.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.RTCLOCAL\MSSQL\Binn\SQLServr.exe
SQL Server data and log files, including those for the back-end database, user store, archiving store, monitoring store, and application store. Database and log files can be specified in Topology Builder. For details about the data and log files for each database, including default names, see SQL Server Data and Log File Placement in the Deployment documentation.
SQL Server data and log files, including those for the Front-end database, Skype for Business store, and RtcDatabase store.
Following Office Web App Server directories need to exclude on Office Web App Servers:
%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
%systemroot%\SysWOW64\inetsrv\w3wp.exe
Thank you.